Circular Fisheye
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Description
Redefine distortion and extend your vision to a 185 degree field of view—beyond what the eye can see. The Circular Fisheye lens brings out your warped side, shaping twisted images with polished focus as close as ¼-inch from the front. Create architecture shots with unique flare, and turn shots in tight spaces into contorted masterpieces. Go crazy. Seriously.
Optimized for APS-C sensor DSLRs. (Produces a smaller image circle on full frame DSLRs. View Full Frame Circular Fisheye Images.)
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Circular Fisheye
This is an absolutely delightful addition to my lens collection! As the other review indicated, one tricky part is to make sure that you don’t get your own shirt or shoes in the edge of the photo, it’s SUPER wide. I was doing a corporate shoot where they were looking for some really unusual, creative images. I pulled this out and produced some shots from the factory where I was shooting, and they absolutely adored the images. Any $300 lens that can make a corporate client excited about the images produced is an absolute win!
The lens is manual focus, and manual aperture adjustment, but don’t let that scare you off – especially since the lens is super wide angle, the focus isn’t all that fussy to begin with. My favorite way of focusing with it is to pop into Live View, magnify all the way, then focus using the LCD screen on the camera. That gives you a great sense of where your focus is set, and it’s a super-easy workflow.
This is an ideal lens to get some really unusual/creative wide angle images at just about any session. I would tend to think of this more as a landscape/nature lens than a portrait lens, simply because of the amount of distortion, but it would be a really fun lens to pull out for dancing at a wedding, or any other large group setting.
Love it!!!
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My first Lensbaby and I'm in LOVE!
The Circular Fisheye hooked me! It’s positively inspirational! I spent all day yesterday by a lake taking photos of this glorious autumn. That may sound ordinary to most photographers, but I’m elderly and handicapped. It takes a lot to get me out of the house — and the Circular Fisheye is doing that for me. I don’t know when I’ve had so much fun. I shot for hours, and when I got home, I was thinking of a dozen other photos I could have done with that lensbaby instead of my regular telephoto lenses. The lens works very smoothly and has excellent glass. It’s easy to learn and will be in my camera bag from now on. Fine quality of construction. Amazing results from the first shot. This will NOT be my last Lensbaby. I’ve already got my eye on that Burnside.
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Almost great
I bought this lens 3 months ago to use with my Canon EOS 80D. I love the effect and am learning the type of scenes I can use it with. My one slight disappointment is the way the frame gets cut off at the top and bottom. I presume this is because it has an EF mount. Would it have been different with an EFS mount?
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Hi Bob, you will see the full circle when shooting on a full-frame camera. Either way, it’s a fun wide effect!
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Perfect for the little extra
I use this lens for fun shots to complement a session. It can be a full view of the area where I’ve been taking pictures (I tend to focus on details in nature rather than landscapes), or simply the same motives from a different point of view. I use it on a fullframe camera, and get the full circle with flares and all. Absolutely love that effect! With such a wide angle of view, the challenge is to avoid getting in the frame yourself.
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Hi Frederic, Any Pentax DSLR with a Pentax K-mount should be compatible with our Pentax K-mount lenses, including the Circular Fisheye. Here is a link to the Circular Fisheye Crop Comparison Chart that you might find helpful: https://lensbaby.com/CFE-crop-comparison/.
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Yes, here is the link: https://lensbaby.com/cfe-crop-comparison/.
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No, just the mounts listed in the drop down list.
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Yes, it’s a great lens.
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The Circular Fisheye sale ends May 31, 2017.
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The taller Circular Fisheye Lens is the mirrorless version and it’s built into the lens to make it work properly. No additional pieces are necessary if you order the lens for your camera mount. Just attach the lens and you’ll be ready to shoot.
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Hi Darrin, Thank you for your interest in Lensbaby. The most similar optic we have to a tilt-shift lens would be our Composer Pro II with Edge 50 or Edge 80 optic.
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Hi Jackie, I’m happy to help. Please call or email me and we can help get you set up: 971-223-5662 / [email protected]
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Here is an example of our Circular Fisheye Lens when used on a Micro 4/3 camera: https://lensbaby.com/CFE-crop-comparison/. We also have a 30 day return policy if you are not satisfied with our lens.
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